Year |
Circumstance |
Extenuating |
Citizenship |
1961 |
Obama born in Hawaii to married Anna and Senior |
No birth location documented. |
14th amendment US citizen and British Citizen by Descent |
1961 |
Born in Kenya to Anna and Senior |
Stanley Anns US citizenship would not convey since she was under age. |
British Citizen by Birth only (since born in a colony of Britain) |
1961 |
Born in Vancouver to Anna and Senior |
Stanley Anns US citizenship would not convey since she was under age. Canadian citizenship unknown since birth was not registered there. |
British Citizen by Descent only |
1963 (minor) |
Kenya Independence Act of 1963 made Obama a Kenyan Citizen AND IF Obama was born in Hawaii |
US would not strip its own citizenship from a minor |
14th amendment US citizen + Kenyan citizen |
1963 (minor) |
Kenya Independence Act of 1963 made Obama a Kenyan Citizen AND IF Obama was born in Kenya |
The Kenya Independence Act of 1963 would have made Obama, IF born in Kenya, only a Kenyan citizen. |
Kenyan Citizen only |
1963 (minor) |
Kenya Independence Act of 1963 made Obama a Kenyan Citizen AND IF Obama was born in Vancouver |
The Kenya Independence Act of 1963 would have made Obama, IF born in Vancouver, only a Kenyan citizen. Canadian citizenship unknown since birth was not registered there. |
Kenyan Citizen only |
1964? (minor) |
Obama adopted by Lolo Soetoro AND IF born in Hawaii |
US would not strip its own citizenship from a minor. Obama would have to affirm US citizenship at age 18 (six months). |
14th amendment US citizen + Indonesian citizen |
1964? (minor) |
Obama adopted by Lolo Soetoro AND IF born in Kenya |
British Nationality Act of 1948 would not have kept Obamas British citizenship if adopted by Lolo Soetoro. |
Indonesian citizen only |
1981 (adult) |
Traveled to Pakistan and Kenya, possibly using Indonesian passport |
Use of passport as an adult is, in terms of US Laws, affirmation of majority consent to citizenship, and would make Obama, in the eyes of the USA, only an Indonesian citizen |
Indonesian citizen only |
1981 (adult) |
Possibly when Obama Went to Kenya in 1981 he went to claim his Kenyan citizenship, which he had to do before his 23rd birthday. |
Per the Kenya Independence Act of 1963, Obama had until 1983 to claim his Kenyan citizenship. |
Kenyan citizen only. |
1981 (adult) |
IF Obama did not claim his Kenyan citizenship by age 23, AND used Indonesian passport as adult. |
The British Nationality Act of 1948 made Obama a permanent regular British Citizen before his Kenya Independence Act of 1963 expiration date, as well as keeping his Indonesian citizenship -- he went to Occidental as an Indonesian citizen by all reports. |
Indonesian citizen (Indonesia does not recognize dual citizenships) and British citizen (Britain does recognize dual citizenships) |
1981 (adult) |
IF Obama did not claim his Kenyan citizenship by age 23, AND used a US passport as adult. |
The British Nationality Act of 1981 that made him a permanent regular British Citizen, since Obama had until 1983 to claim his Kenyan citizenship and the British Nationality Act of 1981 before then had already made him British, so it didn't matter if his Kenyan citizenship expired as it came after the British Nationality Act of 1981. |
British citizen and 14th amendment US citizen. |
IN NO CASE IS BARACK OBAMA A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BECAUSE HIS FATHER WAS NOT A US CITIZEN |